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4000 BCE
Cuneiform
I have chosen the cuneiform because for me it is the beginning of everything we know nowadays. Over the centuries it has evolved a lot.
Writing is essential in our lives because it helps us to communicate, to inform ourselves, talk, read...
Also, writing has allowed us to develop and transmit ideas.
Writing made possible city-states, laws...
The world without writing would be different.
In conclusion, writing is the most important invention because without it, the others wouldn’t exist. -
3000 BCE
Papyrus
Papyrus was an extremely important invention that allowed the Egyptians to write down their stories. -
105
Paper
Paper was invented by the Chinese Ts'ai Lun.
Before paper, people in China wrote on silk and bamboo fragments. The paper is one of the most important invents because thanks to it we have stories from the past, books, newspapers, letters.... -
Jan 1, 1440
Print
Printing is a mechanical method for reproducing texts and images on paper, cloth… It is very essential to write books, clothes, images, texts, magazines…. -
Jan 1, 1529
Newspaper
The first newspaper was published in Vienna. It was a news sheet asking the citizens for help in confronting the Turks.
Nowadays, the newspaper is essential in our lives. It allows us to be informed about events that occur in our daily lives. -
Optical telegraph
This device had its own alphabet. With the rays of light, it was possible to display 196 characters. Reading the message and understanding it could take around 30 hours.
Today it is considered to be the first practical telecommunications system. -
Braille
Louis Braille invented a method of writing words, music and simple songs by means of dots, for the use of the blind.
Braille is essential in our lives so that blind people can communicate through written language. -
Morse code
175 years ago, the first message in Morse code of dots and dashes travelled from Washington to Baltimore.
It was invented by Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse. -
Telephone
Antonio Meucci invented the telephone to connect his office to his bedroom so he could talk to his sick wife. -
Typewriter
The first design was made by Christopher Latham Sholes. Typewriters were indispensable in offices all over the world. They were used for literature, cinema, journalism, theatre... -
First telephone
Alexander Graham Bell creates the first telephone with a microphone.
The telephone is very important in our lifes because it shortened distances, improved communication and opened up new possibilities for connecting people. -
First broadcaster in Spain.
14th November 1924, at half past six in the evening, at the Hotel Colon in Barcelona, the first radio broadcast in Spain took place with María Sabater.
Radio was invented much earlier, but in 1924 the Radio Barcelona brought about a big change in communication in Spain.
The radio was used for information, entertainment, news... -
Television
It was de first gadget that could transmit images. It was invented by John Logie Baird.
Television is one of the most important media that has ever existed and this is thanks to its easy accessibility. It allows millions of people around the world to have immediate and easy recourse to it.
Television helps to alleviate feelings of depression and loneliness. -
ENIAC
It was the first electronic computer and weighed 30 tonnes.
The computer is an essential tool for the human being. It is used in all fields of work and leisure.
For example, in quarantine because of COVID, the computer was a super-essential device that we all used a lot. -
E-mail
It is used to exchange messages, documents...
It facilitates communication in the work environment, it is a channel of communication between family and friends...
You can also make payments, bank transactions... -
Cybersecurity and digital privacy.
Companies and all of us with our social networks are exposed to possible attacks on the internet.
It is very important that we have our data protected and have privacy.
I have chosen this invention because I think this is very important.
Surfing the internet, communicating with our family and friends... is much easier if we do it safely.
The world of social networks is very dangerous if we don't use it correctly, and thanks to this we have the privacy and security that we all want.